Duke Blue Devils vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Match Player Stats On Dec 20, 2022

Tyree Appleby collected 18 points and eight assists to lift host Wake Forest to an 81-70 victory over No. 14 Duke in an Atlantic Coast Conference clash on Tuesday in Winston Salem, N.C.

Appleby made 13 of 14 shots from the free-throw line to propel the Demon Deacons (9-4, 1-1 ACC) to their seventh straight home win to open the season.

Cameron Hildreth recorded 16 points and nine rebounds and Damari Monsanto sank three 3-pointers to highlight his 13-point performance for Wake Forest.

Jaylen Blakes scored a career-high 17 points off the bench before fouling out and Mark Mitchell added 14 for the Blue Devils (10-3, 1-1), who saw their four-game winning streak come to a halt.

Duke captain Jeremy Roach contributed nine points in his return from a one-game absence due to a toe injury. Blue Devils forward Dariq Whitehead and center Dereck Lively II sat out Tuesday's game due to non-COVID-related illnesses.

Duke shot just 29.6 percent from 3-point range (8 of 27) while competing in its first true road game of the season.

Blakes sank a pair of 3-pointers to trim Wake Forest's lead to 62-55 with 8:04 remaining in the second half, but Matthew Marsh responded by converting an alley-oop on the following possession.

Duke trimmed the deficit back to seven with 3:30 to play, but Appleby made a pair of free throws and Hildreth added a layup to give Wake Forest some breathing room. Monsanto added the exclamation point by banking home a 3-pointer with 31 seconds to play.

Mitchell made a 3-pointer to trim Duke's deficit to one point with 11:10 remaining in the first half before Bobi Klintman, Monsanto and Andrew Carr each converted from beyond the arc to push Wake Forest's lead to 29-21.

Duke cut the deficit to five on a number of occasions before Daivien Williamson and Hildreth sank a pair of free throws to give the Demon Deacons a 39-30 advantage at halftime.

Monsanto, who knocked down six 3-pointers in Wake Forest's 81-57 loss to Rutgers on Saturday, converted from beyond the arc to push the Demon Deacons' advantage to 60-46 with 11:35 to play.

--Field Level Media